Mar 28, 2010

Hot Enough Fer Ya?

The Periodic Table of Scoville Units plots out different peppers and their “heat” as measured by the Scoville scale. At the top are sweet bell peppers and pimentos. The table leads up to the bhut jolokia, which has a heat index of over a million Scoville units! It’s brought to you by the Scoville Food Institute, which sells hot sauce.